The Moon
| Title | The Moon |
|---|---|
| Artist | John Adams Whipple |
| Date | 1857–60 19th century |
| Medium | Salted paper print from glass negative |
| Classification | Photographs |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1978 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“The Moon” is a work by John Adams Whipple, dated 1857–60. It is executed in salted paper print from glass negative and classified as photographs. In this archive it sits within the celestial charts & astronomy tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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The artist
This work is attributed to John Adams Whipple. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.
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Dated to 1857–60. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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